Qtum Now Offered Through Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Qtum Now Offered Through Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Qtum, the world’s 22nd largest cryptocurrency by market cap, just made a big announcement which could change the game completely for the crypto project. According to Bitcoin Magazine, Singapore-based Qtum launches on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Qtum Launches on Amazon Web Services With this new launch, AWS developers can build and launch smart contacts using Amazon…

Coinbase Offers Crypto Gift Cards

Coinbase Offers Crypto Gift Cards

Popular US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. is now offering something no other exchange has to its customers. According to a report by Bloomberg this morning, the crypto exchange will offer a way for its customers to purchase retails goods and services using cryptocurrency. There are now going to be Coinbase crypto gift cards. WeGift Partnership…

Are Atomic swaps potential exchange killers?

Are Atomic swaps potential exchange killers?

Cross-chain atomic swaps, more commonly known as ‘atomic swaps’, are cryptographically-powered smart contracts that enable the trading of two cryptocurrencies on a peer-to-peer basis without the need of a trusted third party and without the risk of one party defaulting on their side of the trade. If two individuals want to exchange, for example, bitcoin…

Congress debates future of crypto in day of double hearings

Congress debates future of crypto in day of double hearings

“We are a long way from the peanut fields in Sycamore, Georgia,” said representative Austin Scott as he opened the House Committee on Agriculture’s hearing on cryptocurrency last Wednesday—the first of two hearings where industry representatives, academics and lawmakers spoke on the future of cryptocurrency regulation. Dubbed “Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New Assets in the Digital…